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March 16, 2023

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Conservatives Are Trying to Ban Books in Your Town. Librarians Are Fighting Back.
How a right-wing mania is destroying the social fabric of communities across America
by Melissa Gira Grant

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Valparaiso University’s student body is shrinking and its dormitories are aging. But is selling the campus museum’s most famous artwork the right solution to the problem?
by David Masciotra
At the start of its third season, the show’s plucky underdog premise is wearing thin.
by Phillip Maciak
Recent “sensitivity” edits to the author’s beloved yet unabashedly disagreeable novels are all about maintaining a lucrative IP. But what difference can a few changed words really make?
by The Politics of Everything
For nearly a century, Americans have been throwing the term around—without agreeing what that means.
by Daniel Bessner
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Films from Charlotte Wells and Lukas Dhont aim for intimate, almost imperceptible moments of connection rather than a grand affirmation.
by Daphne Merkin
Consulting firms may promise expertise and efficiency, but their effects on public agencies have been disastrous, Mariana Mazzucato and Rosie Collington explain.
by Spencer Green
Jenny Odell wants us to forget hours, minutes, and seconds and live with a different sense of time.
by Melissa Rodman
 

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